Insider buying last 90 days
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WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$10.40+0.05 (+0.5%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's news for WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) centers on a legal matter and a product partnership. The company has agreed to a $10 million settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging its June 27, 2024 IPO registration statement contained false and misleading information about growth and revenue. Separately, WEBTOON and Marvel are partnering to launch a new Marvel Comics app on November 16, offering over 35,000 digital comics from Marvel, Star Wars, and 20th Century Studios, with a preview planned at New York Comic Con.
WBTN closed at $10.40, up 0.5%, sitting between its 50-day average of $9.95 and its 200-day average of $11.05. One-month, three-month, six-month and one-year returns stand at -3.5%, -8.5%, -10% and -38.8% respectively, with the 52-week range spanning $7.85 to $19.01. The GekkoIndex reads 59.1, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, up 0.8 over five periods. Gekko Fair Value sits at $10.47, putting the current price 0.7% below that level.
Earnings are scheduled for 11 November, 29 days out, after the close, which falls outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. At the last report on 11 May, WEBTOON posted EPS of $0.07 against an estimate of -$0.01, though the reaction was -8.4%; average absolute reactions have run 21.4%. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows, and analyst consensus among 5 firms (2 buy, 3 hold) carries a target of $11.29, an 8.6% consensus upside.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
WEBTOON Entertainment price vs fair value
Close $10.40200-day averageGekko Fair Value $10.47
WEBTOON Entertainment quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.41B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- —
- EPS, TTM
- −$2.63
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.37B
- Profit margin
- -25.1%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 2.57
- Volume
- 412,266 avg 465,476
- 1-year return
- −38.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.6%
- 50-day average
- $9.95
- 200-day average
- $11.05
- Next earnings
- Nov 11 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 135.7M
WEBTOON Entertainment swing-trade checklist
WEBTOON Entertainment scores 1 supportive, 3 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 4 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
1 supportive3 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $10.40 sits between the 50-day ($9.95) and 200-day ($11.05) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
59.1, Neutral
Reading 59.1 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.7% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0.7% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 30 days
Next report Nov 11, 2026, 30 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityno data
No data
Not enough years of history for a seasonal read.
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WEBTOON Entertainment stock chart and price history
WEBTOON Entertainment closed at $10.40 on Oct 12, 2026, −38.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $7.85 to $19.01.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −3.5%
- 3 months
- −8.5%
- 6 months
- −10.0%
- 1 year
- −38.8%
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About WEBTOON Entertainment
WEBTOON Entertainment runs an online platform built around storytelling, bringing together people who create stories and those who read them. Creators use the platform to find, build, and publish original work, while readers browse and follow those stories as they develop. The company is best known for two main formats, comic-style serials told through images and longer prose works delivered as text, giving its community more than one way to tell and consume a narrative.
The platform functions as a shared space that connects creators and audiences directly, letting original stories move from creation to distribution within the same system. WEBTOON Entertainment operates as a subsidiary of NAVER Corporation, situating its platform business within a larger corporate structure rather than running as a fully independent operation.
The company was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker WBTN.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Internet software/Services
- Website
- about.webtoon.com
WEBTOON Entertainment GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
WEBTOON Entertainment’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 59.1, in the Neutral zone, up 0.8 points over five sessions.
59.1Neutral
Up 0.8 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 70 | +0.5% | −3.0% | ||
| Accumulation | 214 | +0.3% | +0.6% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 266 | −0.2% | −1.0% | ||
| Distribution | 18 | −4.1% | +3.4% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average WBTN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is WEBTOON Entertainment stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
WEBTOON Entertainment trades 0.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $10.47, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what WEBTOON Entertainment shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$10.47
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
0.7% below fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 2.8% below the estimate.
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WEBTOON Entertainment insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for WEBTOON Entertainment, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in WBTN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Dec 31
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WEBTOON Entertainment earnings: next date and track record
WEBTOON Entertainment reports on Nov 11, 2026, after the close (30 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 11, 2026
Expected after the close, 30 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.07
- Revenue estimate
- $371.8M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±21.4%average move across the report
1 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, May 11, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- WEBTOON Entertainment Q1 2026 earnings call: Management highlighted investments in creators and product innovations, launching a unified global Canvas platform with AI-powered translation and expanded ad revenue share for amateur creators. They reported Q1 revenue of $320.9M, down 1.5% (flat cc), gross margin improved to 25.9% (up 390 bps), net loss narrowed to $8.8M, and adjusted EBITDA of $9.5M beating guidance. MAU declined ~6% with bot traffic exclusion adjustments; app MAU down 6.7% and webcomic app MAU down 3%. Management reiterated target of double-digit growth by Q4 2026, investments in Canvas, product features (AI personalization, character chat), Disney collaboration on digital comics app on track for 2026 launch, and plans to expand advertising and Rest of World growth. They emphasized creator payouts (~$2.7B-$2.8B) and will invest $50M in creator support. Japan is a focus for turning around user and paying growth, with infrastructure investments made. Guidance for Q2 implies continued investments; management remains bullish about long-term growth. Q&A covered gross margin drivers, creator monetization, Disney platform, Canvas improvements, globalization strategy, leadership changes, and product innovations.
- Guidance
- Management reiterated target to return to double-digit revenue growth by Q4 2026 and provided Q2 guidance implying investment-driven spending; they also reiterated 2026 launch target for the Disney digital comics platform. No specific numeric quarterly guidance beyond Q1 results was provided in the transcript.
- Risks flagged
- Risks mentioned include MAU declines and bot/fraudulent traffic leading to reporting adjustments, Japan market weakness and need to turn around paying user growth, variability from crossover IP timing, advertising revenue variability (e.g., large e-commerce client weakness), and general uncertainties noted in SEC filings.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | $0.07 est −$0.01 | $320.9M est $321.6M | −8.4% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | −$2.36 est −$0.11 | $330.7M est $337.2M | −8.1% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.04 est −$0.05 | $378.0M est $384.7M | −23.5% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | $0.07 est $0.02 | $348.3M est $375.8M | +85.6% |
| May 13, 2025 | $0.03 est $0.02 | $459K est $324.0M | −15.7% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | −$0.03 est −$0.47 | $352.8M est $324.1M | −12.2% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.22 est −$0.39 | $347.9M est $356.1M | −5.4% |
| Jul 1, 2024 | $0.20 est −$0.54 | $326.7M est $340.4M | −12.1% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
WEBTOON Entertainment stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for WEBTOON Entertainment is $11.29, +8.6% from the last close, from 5 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$11.29consensus 12-month target, +8.6% from the last close
Now $10.40Avg $11.29
Low $10High $12
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 5 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | Goldman Sachs | $10 | −3.8% |
| Aug 12 | Deutsche Bank | $11 | +5.8% |
| Aug 11 | Morgan Stanley | $11 | +5.8% |
| Aug 11 | J.P. Morgan | $10 | −3.8% |
| Aug 11 | Evercore ISI | $12 | +15.4% |
−1.0%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
±4.1%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
WEBTOON Entertainment market cap and key statistics
WEBTOON Entertainment’s market cap is $1.41B and revenue of $1.37B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.41B
- EPS, TTM
- −$2.63
- Gekko Fair Value
- $10.47
Trading
- Volume
- 412,266
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 465,476
- 52-week high
- $19.01
- 52-week low
- $7.85
- Shares outstanding
- 135.7M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.37B
- Profit margin
- -25.1%
- Return on equity
- -26.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- 0.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 2.57
- Typical daily move
- ±4.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.6%
WEBTOON Entertainment stock news this week
2 headlines about WEBTOON Entertainment from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
WEBTOON Entertainment peers
WEBTOON Entertainment’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLAlphabet | Neutral | 9.6% above |
| GOOGAlphabet | Neutral | 10.2% above |
| METAMeta Platforms | Neutral | 25.5% above |
| NFLXNetflix | Accumulation | 25.2% below |
| SPOTSpotify Technology | Neutral | 18.3% above |
| MSTRStrategy | Neutral | 11.6% below |
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WEBTOON Entertainment stock FAQ
What is WEBTOON Entertainment’s market cap?
WEBTOON Entertainment’s market cap is $1.41B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $10.40, with 135.7M shares outstanding.
What is the WEBTOON Entertainment stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for WEBTOON Entertainment is $11.29, +8.6% from the last close. Of the 5 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is WEBTOON Entertainment stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate WEBTOON Entertainment is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $10.40 is 0.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $10.47. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does WEBTOON Entertainment report earnings next?
WEBTOON Entertainment is expected to report on Nov 11, 2026, after the market closes (30 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.07 per share on revenue of $371.8M. WEBTOON Entertainment beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 21.4% on average across the report.
What is WEBTOON Entertainment’s 52-week high and low?
WEBTOON Entertainment’s 52-week high is $19.01 and its 52-week low is $7.85; it closed at $10.40 on Oct 12, 2026, −38.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $25.66 on Jun 28, 2024.
Is WEBTOON Entertainment stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 4 items with data read as supportive (earnings risk), 3 as mixed (trend, gekkoindex and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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